Oh Dal-soo as usual is fantastic as his comical sidekick. However, Hwang Jung-min’s character definitely takes centre stage in the story. Was surprised to see Kim Yunjin snag such a major Korean role after watching her in Lost. As a child, Deok Su had to say goodbye to his father during a North Korean. Sticking together they survive some of modern history’s most significant events. Bonus fact: watched it in the cinema with my mum and I think it's safe to say there wasn't a dry eye in the cinema hall! Ode To My Father is the story of Deok Su, a completely ordinary man, who in the face of tumultuous events, marshals the extraordinary courage to protect his family. For non-Koreans it’s definitely quite enlightening since it does feature certain events outside the North-South conflict narrative we usually see in action movies.īut in general, the movie is so moving because of its emphasis on family and one’s duty to family, and that’s why I found it so moving. Forrest Gump focuses mainly on one man’s journey, while this show also touches on modernity and how it’s perceived by our parents’ generation, and the generation gap between our parents and our current generation.Īs a broad sweep through Korean history, definitely a good and well-dramatised one. I’ve read elsewhere that the story does resemble that of Forrest Gump, but here I think there is a very different emphasis. Rewatch Value 5.5 Warning: mega tear-jerker of a show.
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